“Anyone planning to vote Conservative this Thursday? ” The scathing question posed by The Daily Telegraph perfectly summarizes the stakes of the ballot organized across the Channel on May 5. Called to renew a third of local authorities in the United Kingdom (140 in England, 32 in Scotland and 22 in Wales), voters should “slap” according to the polls, with a government majority (at the same time, the Northern Irish elect their local deputies).
“Only unknown: how strong will the slap be?” still wonders the daily close to Boris Johnson. According to the latest estimates, the Tories could lose up to 550 elected officials and cede control of several historic strongholds, such as the borough council of Wandsworth, in London, which they have led for forty-four years. “The current Prime Minister, to whom everything seemed to succeed when he was mayor of London, is today perceived by some as a burden, analyze it Financial Times. His support for Brexit cut him off from many Londoners, 60% of whom voted to remain in the EU in the 2016 referendum.
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